This post from February 2025 claims that RP5 and RPMini are supported: https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-v25-2/

 

however, I can't find them on the downloads page. I also don't currently own an RPMini, I am tempted to buy one but I wanted to make sure it was supported first. What's the state of support right now?

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/boards/retroidpocket-rp5.csc

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/boards/retroidpocket-rpmini.csc

You can build images on your own.

 

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Board-Support-Rules/#community-maintained

Your best bet is to compile your own image.  It's super easy: "git clone https://github.com/armbian/build.git;cd build;./compile.sh"

 

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Building-with-Docker/

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQcEFsXEJEE

Please help me with building the image.

I'm trying to build an image for Retroid Flip 2, which is identical to Pocket 5. I tried building it from WSL and from another ARM64 single-board computer. The image builds successfully, but when booting, there's a U-Boot error that says "no such partition".

 

Build command: ./compile.sh BOARD=retroidpocket-rp5 RELEASE=trixie BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no

 

I also tried RELEASE=noble and various desktop environments, but the error persists.

 

I flash the image to the SD card using Armbian Imager, and the writing process completes successfully.

 

I also tried flashing Batocera Linux, and it works fine.

 

What could be the problem?

I am facing the same issue. Trying to solve it also.

I have tried to manually point to the boot image in the bootloader but no success.

 

I am wondering are we missing a patch or something for the build environment that is cauing the issue. I am no expert so only speculating

I managed to download an old image from a torrent archive found in a Reddit thread, where the author mentioned that Armbian was running on the Retroid Flip 2.

 

I flashed the image: Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.162_Retroidpocket-rp5_noble_current_6.12.63_gnome_desktop.img

However, I encountered the same error.

 

It’s possible that something has changed in the newer console revisions or in the new bootloader.

I have also tried to build a new image and I am now getting a new error related to 16kb size.

 

I have previosly had success 26.2.0 trunk 151, which was able to boot and worked quite well, Excluding known issues such as HDMI support and Fan speed needing to be adjusted with a script.

Issue is that this build is no longer available.

 

I think until we get more demand from Retroid Community we might just be out of luck
 

Edited July 1Jul 1 by Darks1derCZ